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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: We Still Kill The The Old Way is yet another British crime revenge thriller. What makes WSKTOW stand out from what is a very crowded field is the combination of a very lean story and a very strong cast. Heading the cast is British mainstay Ian Ogilvy, shining is a role tailor made for his suave cool. ... Read More »

Best Films of 2016… So Far. So this is my semi-regularly updated of the BEST and WORST of 2016’s movies, in my very humble opinion. Best Films Of 2016… So Far: The Nice Guys (9/10) Room (8/10) The Big Short (8/10) Green Room (8/10) Deadpool (8/10) Honourable Mentions: Creed (8/10); Where To Invade Next (8/10); Midnight Special (8/10); Spotlight (8/10); Eddie The Eagle (8/10); Zootropolis (8/10), Zero Days (8/10), Money Monster ... Read More »

Best Films of 2016… So Far. So this is my semi-regularly updated of the BEST and WORST of 2016’s movies, in my very humble opinion. Best Films Of 2016… So Far: Room (8/10) The Big Short (8/10) Green Room (8/10) Creed (8/10) Dead pool (8/10) Honourable Mentions: Spotlight (8/10); Eddie The Eagle (8/10); Zootropolis (8/10), Batman Vs Superman Dawn Of Justice (7/10), Eye In The Sky (7/10); ... Read More »

Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Ugh. If ever a remake didn’t need to be, this “Lets use the exact script and almost film shot of shot” version of Eli Roth’s original Cabin Fever rates right up there with that horrid Psycho movie. Nothing here really works, much like it didn’t the first time. Vapid characters, piss poor script and scares right ... Read More »

Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Barry Crimmins is not a comedian you’ve probably heard of. But, sadly, the story of how he the renowned firebrand comedian is. A film that covers abuse, betrayal and everything in between, Call Me Lucky goes deep into the psychology of a what makes a comedian. It’s not always easy, it’s not always fun but it ... Read More »

Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Ultimately Legend is a film that is made or broken on it’s performances and in this case what you have is probably one of Tom Hardy’s best as he plays both Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Aside from that simply stunning central performance the rest of the film is a bit hit and miss. With a voice ... Read More »

Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: So close yet so far… how do you take a good idea, an exceptional cast and a sometimes impressive director and end up with a tepid, disappointing and ultimately hollow film that’s much less than the sum of it’s parts? Well thats the biggest mystery of all around Triple 9, the John Hellcat directed crime corruption ... Read More »

Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Okay this shouldn’t work. A cheap feeling lowest common denominator comedy starring I still don’t get him Will Ferrell and really, in a comedy? Mark Wahlberg. Yet oddly (and purely down to the chemistry between the leads) this, mostly does work. Okay it’s far from the sparkling wit of a Woody Allen film but this film has ... Read More »

Julian Connelly looks at latest WWE and Wrestling releases in his regular review column: The Turnbuckle. Press Release: A look back at the incredible career of the Dudley Boyz, the most decorated tag team in the history of sports-entertainment. Includes over 20 matches and never-before-heard stories from Bubba Ray and D-Von, charting their formation in ECW, their rise to fame ... Read More »

Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Where as ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ was a fun if silly action film, London Has Fallen ejects all that was pleasurable about the original and replaces it with poor cgi, a terrible over ernest script and Gerard Butler pissing away any last resemblance of talent he had left. A dirty, violent and nasty film with pretty dubious ... Read More »

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‘Phil's Quick Capsule Review' (a nod to legendary comedian Bill Hicks who coined the phrase when he reviewed 'Piece Of Shit' movie Basic Instinct)... where a perfect 10 is rarer than a rain free British summer!

Written by Phil Hobden - UK based podcaster, writer and former filmmaker. Part of the All Things Film network...